International Symposium on Cultural Diplomacy in the USA
"US Cultural Diplomacy in Practice: Building Cultural Bridges to Strengthen the Relationships between America and the Global Community"
(Washington D.C., June 23th - 24th; Baltimore, June 25th; & New York City, June 26th - 27th, 2014)
| Monday, June 23rd, 2014 | |||
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| Location: Center for Transatlantic Relations, Washington DC | |||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | “US Cultural Diplomacy in Practice: Building Cultural Bridges to Strengthen the Relationships between America and the Global Community” Ambassador Andras Simonyi (Managing director of the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | “Cultural Diplomacy - Perspectives of Trinidad and Tobago” H. E. Amb. Dr. Neil Parsan (Ambassador of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | “Investigative Reporting as a Cultural Bridge” Jeff Leen (Assistant Managing Editor in Charge of the Investigations Unit, The Washington Post) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | “Cultural Diplomacy - Perspectives of Colombia” Ms. Tatiana de Germán-Ribón (First Secretary of Cultural Affairs, Embassy of Colombia to the United States) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | “Cultural Diplomacy Begins at Home” Yvonne Captain (Director, MIPP Program Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University) |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | “The Citizen's Role in Cultural Diplomacy” Rear Admiral Dr. Joyce M. Johnson (Rear Admiral (Ret.) U.S. Public Health Service) |
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| 13:00 - 14:30 | Lunch Break & Travel Time | ||
| Location: National Public Radio, Washington DC | |||
| 14:30 - 16:00 | The Influence of American Diversity and Values Through the Rule of Law The Hon. Alberto Gonzales (80th United States Attorney General of the United States) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | How Cultural Diplomacy Helped Win the Cold War Prof. Dr. John J. Tierney (Walter Kohler Professor of International Relations; Academic Dean, Ad Interim; Chairman of the Admissions Committee, Institute of World Politics) |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 | Lecture & Discussion Phil Eskeland (Executive Director, Korea Economic Institute of America) |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 | The Potential for American Art & Culture in Transcending Cultural Barriers Lionell Thomas (Director, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities) |
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| 17:30 | Closing of Day 1 | ||
| 18:00 | Group Dinner | ||
| Tuesday, June 24th, 2014 | |||
| Location: Embassy of Bulgaria to the United States, Washington DC | |||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | “Cultural diplomacy at Times of Crisis” H. E. Amb. Elena Poptodorova (Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States) |
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| 10:30 - 11:30 | An American Perspective” Senator Richard Bryan (Former United States Senator) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Break | ||
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Diplomacy in Revolutionary Times Robert S Walker (Former Republican Chief Deputy Whip of the United States House of Representatives) |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| Location: Embassy of Bulgaria to the United States, Washington DC | |||
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Lecture & Discussion Carl N. Grant, III EVP, Business Development |
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| 14.30 - 14.45 | “Cultural Diplomacy Through Educational And Cultural Exchange: The Case Of North Carolina-Pakistan School Exchange Project” Dr. Jesse Lutabingwa (Associate Vice Chancellor for International Education and Development; Professor of Public Administration at Appalachian State University; Director of the North Carolina-Pakistan School Exchange Project) |
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| 14:45-15:30 | The Unintended Consequences of Promoting Cultural Diplomacy: Some Lessons from the American Dream Prof. Dr. Enrique S. Pumar (Professor & Chair, Department of Sociology, Catholic University of America) |
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| 15:30 - 16:15 | Cultural Diplomacy, Global Governance, and Democratic Sovereignty John D. Fonte (Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for American Common Culture, Hudson Institute) |
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| 16:15 - 17:00 | Lecture & Discussion Yerkin Akhinzhanov (Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the United States) |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 | “Educate to Civilize- Case Study Afghanistan” Nasratullah Rasa (Project Director for the “Health Partners International of Canada” in Kabul, Afghanistan) |
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| 17.30 - 18:00 | “The Role of the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Meeting (CPMM) in resolving the Rhodesia question: The Unrecognized State, 1966-1969” Jazliza Jamaluddin (PhD researcher of Diplomatic History, University of Nottingham, UK) |
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| 18:00 - 18:30 | “Engaging Civil Society to Promote Women's Rights in the MENA Region: Ensuring the Effectiveness of Cultural Diplomacy” Sussan Tahmasebi Co-Founder of the International Civil Society Action Network, Iran |
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| 18:30 | Closing of Day 2 | ||
| Wednesday, June 25th, 2014 | |||
| Location: DDG | |||
| 9:30 - 10:00 | Coffee Reception | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Lecture & Discussion Anna Yankova (Director, International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of State of Maryland) |
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| 10:30 - 11:00 | Lecture & Discussion Ahsin Rasheed (Chairman & CEO of DDG) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Lecture & Discussion Nina Bankova (Director, Professional Exchanges, Strategy and Business Development, World Trade Center Institute) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Lecture & Discussion Arnold Packer (Former United States Assistant Secretary of Labor) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | Bridging the Cultural Divide: United States Diplomacy in the 21st Century; Multilateralism v. Exceptionalism. Dr. Max Hilaire (Associate Professor & Chairperson, Morgan State University) |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | Lecture & Discussion Elissa Bantug (Project Coordinator of the Breast Cancer Survivorship Program, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center) |
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| 13:00 - 13:30 | Lecture & Discussion Larry Schugam (Executive Vice President, the Baltimore Curriculum Project) |
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| 13:30 - 14:00 | Lecture & Discussion Megan Hamilton (Program Director, Creative Alliance) |
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| 14:00 - | Travel to New York City | ||
| Thursday, June 26th, 2014 | |||
| Location: United Nations, New York City | |||
| 10:00 - 11:00 | Lecture & Discussion H. E. Amb. Simona Miculescu (Ambassador of Romania to the UN) |
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Lecture & Discussion H. E. Amb. Yuriy Sergeyev (Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | “Political Satire as Intercultural Diplomacy' with Kayvon Afshari” Kayvon Afshari (Host & Executive Producer, the Mideast Show with Kayvon Afshari) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | “The Possibility of Fiction and Creating New Maps” Prof. Dr. Angie Cruz (Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh) |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 | The Role of the Arts in the Contemporary Global Community: One Painters Perspective. Prof. Dr. Joseph L Adolphe (Professor, Fine Arts, St. John's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, St. John's University) |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| Location: United Nations, New York City | |||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | How America can strengthen relations with Turkey, Muslims and the Islamic world Dr. Oktar Babuna, MD (Representative, A9 TV Turkey) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Cultural Diplomacy: A Danish Perspective Maiken Tandgaard Derno (Head of Culture and Public Diplomacy, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | Supporting Diversity through Arts and Culture Margaret Newman (Executive Director, Municipal Art Society of New York) |
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| 16:30 - 17:00 | The Role of Art in Social Justice: using the arts to celebrate, critique, and change our world Renée Watson (Poet) |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 | Cultural Diplomacy and Interfaith Dialogue Joseph Sung (Director of North America for Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL) ) |
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| 17:30 - 18:00 | Closing of Day 4 | ||
| 19:00 | Group Dinner | ||
| Friday, June 27th, 2014 | |||
| Location: Mission of Croatia to the United Nations, New York City | |||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Good Governance and the Rule of Lay - EU and UN perspective H. E. Amb. Vladimir Drobnjak (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia to the United Nations) |
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Lecture & Discussion Bob Dotson (American Broadcast Journalist & Host of "American Story with Bob Dotson," NBC News Today Show) |
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| 11:00 - 11:30 | Narco Music: the Delivery System for Empathy Angela Beeching (Author) |
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| 11:30 - 12:00 | Does America Actually Have A Cultural Heritage? And If So - What Is It? And How Can It Affect Change Throughout The Rest Of The World Kenny Fame (Poet & Musician) |
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| 12:00 - 12:30 | The Potential for American Art & Culture in Transcending Cultural Barriers Emanuel Xavier (Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Novelist, Editor, and Activist) |
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| 12:30 - 13:00 |
Panda Diplomacy: How Animals Mediate Among Human Cultures Boria Sax (Writer & Journalist) |
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| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| Location: Mission of Croatia to the United Nations, New York City | |||
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American exchange programmes and Diasporas in America as a cultural bridge H. E. Amb. Jānis Mažeiks (Permanent Representative of the Republic of Latvia to the United Nations) |
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| 14:30 - 15:00 | “Cultural Identity and the Globalized World” Teresa Lapid Rodriguez (Director, George Segal Gallery at Montclair State University) |
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| 15:00 - 15:30 | The Importance of Cultural Diplomacy through Government Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education Ludwig Brunner (Executive Director, the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure University) |
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| 15:30 - 16:00 | Obstacles to Cultural Diplomacy: Lessons from the Cold War Stuart Isacoff (Author) |
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| 16:00 - 16:30 | The Hyphen Ashok Rajamani (Author) |
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| 16:30-17:00 | Dante to the Present: Poetry as the experience of pilgrimage in religious, social and personal life. James Finn Cotter (Professor of English at Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh NY) |
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| 17:00 - 17:30 | Living with Intention: Lessons in Cultural Diplomacy Tia Powell Harris (Executive Director, Weeksville Heritage Center) |
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| 17:30 - 18:00 | Conversation between Mark C. Donfried and Novelist Abha Dawesar on Cross Cultural Relationships and the Arts in the Digital Age Abha Dawesar (Indian Novelist) |
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| 18:00 - 18:30 | The Potential for American Art & Culture in Transcending Cultural Barriers Len Bernstein (Photographer) |
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| 18:00 - 18:30 | Conclusion of the Symposium | ||
